Last day

Today is our Ultima Día aqui. I have liked being here for a month. It is going to be really strange to start traveling again and just be constantly on the go all the time again. I´ve really liked having my bag unpacked and tucked under my bed and all my clothes piled in a (rather neat) pile next to the bed. Minus the cold showers, having a place to put bathroom stuff has also been nice. And, then of course, it has been wonderful getting to know a city better than the guidebook, to be able to stand infront of the Mercado Central and know which line will take me home.

--side note, a few days ago, Emily, one of the other volunteers and I were downtown a bit later in the evening, around 7:45 and trying to catch a bus home. Knowing that the busses stopped running around 8 or 8:30, I was starting to get a bit more desperate when the lines that I knew took us up the hill weren´t appearing. The rain had started too, adding to my desire to be somewhere warm and somewhere with food. So, when I heard a call out of a bus saying it was going to Vista Alegre, Carmen Alto (which, is where we have been living) I grabbed Emily and jumped on. The first few blocks were the rout known to me, but then we veared away and started climbing unknown roads. After about 10 mintues of slow uphill going, I pushed my way up to the front to ask if it was going close to the casa hogar and from the myriad of responces I got, I gathered we were close but not there yet. We ended up getting off right down the street from the casa hogar and it was perfect. I love helpful people and the ability to get around without really knowing exactly where I am. Ok, end of side note--

Tonight we are going out in the traditional volunteer fashion to get drinks at a new bar that is opening tonight by one of our peruvian friends, and then go dance the night away. I´m ignoring my throught and tired body and will go to, and will just sleep the day away on the bus to Huancayo tomorrow.

All in all it has been a wonderful month here and, despite the occasional sickness and the ever present questions of Am I doing anything worthwile? I know it has been a good thing and I am a little sad to leave!